Tag Archives: Time After Pentecost

The Light Still Shines — A Homily for the Long Dark

Today, in Bloom — the daily word. Delivered at dawn, kept all day. Receive it by email. The Reading The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 The Word Notice what the sentence does not say. It does not say the darkness was mild, or brief, or imagined. […]

A Name Not Cut Off — Reflecting on Isaiah 56

Today, in Bloom — the daily word. Delivered at dawn, kept all day. Receive it by email. The Reading I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. Isaiah 56:5 The Reflection Sit with the tense of the promise. Not “I will tolerate them,” not “I will make an exception.” I […]